The Church

This long-running Australian band has enjoyed revered cult status and top-of-the-charts success in alternate measures, but never varies in the quality or passion of their music. They're crack purveyors of dreamy, lightly psychedelic pop with jangling guitars and enough strum-and-drone to prevent things from getting too pretty. The peak of their U.S. fame was the lovely mid-career single "Under the Milky Way," released in 1988. Like any good marriage, members of the Church have kept their union strong by having outside interests--leader Steve Kilby and guitarist Marty Willson-Piper have robust solo discographies and outside collaborations, and Kilby is a painter and published poet.

• Dream Syndicate
• Echo & The Bunnymen
• Lords Of The New Church
• Love & Rockets
• Mazzy Star
• New Order
• Opal
• Pink Floyd
• Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
• The Bangles
• The Chills
• The Go-Betweens
• The Hummingbirds
• The Psychedelic Furs
• The Teardrop Explodes

• Brian Eno
• Curved Air
• Joy Division
• Kevin Ayers
• Robert Wyatt
• Roxy Music
• The Beatles
• The Doors
• The Soft Boys
• The Velvet Underground

• Ben Lee
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Blake Babies
• Guster
• Of Montreal
• Starflyer 59
• Teenage Fanclub
• The Hidden Cameras
• The Lemonheads
• Uncle Green

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